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AI Takes Transformers Beyond Robots In Disguise

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Upon hearing the word "transformer," thoughts of change and adaptability often come to mind, sometimes evoking images of those iconic shape-shifting robots. However, when it comes to artificial intelligence, the word...more

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Borrower Beware: Landmark Copyright Infringement Decision Issued by the United States Supreme Court

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The United States Supreme Court recently issued its first opinion in the realm of copyright since its 2021 decision in Google v. Oracle, this time focusing not on software and source code, but on pop art and the publishing...more

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[Webinar] SCOTUS Copyright Fair Use Decision: Google vs. Oracle Recap and Takeaways - July 27th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

After more than a decade of litigation that included multiple trials and appeals, the Supreme Court of the United States finally put an end to the copyright infringement case Oracle brought against Google. The case was about...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Google’s Copying of APIs Held Transformative and Fair Use

In Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc., the Supreme Court, in a 6–2 decision2 written by Justice Breyer, held that Google’s copying of Oracle’s Java application programming interface (API) naming convention was a fair use as a...more

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Supreme Court Leaves as Many Questions as It Answers in 'Google v. Oracle'

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The Court cleared Google of copyright infringement in terminating a 16-year long dispute as to whether Google’s Android mobile platform had infringed Oracle’s Java programming language’s copyright. However, the Court did not...more

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Google v. Oracle: Supreme Court Holds Copying of Key Part of Java Software, its API, is Fair Use

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Ending a struggle between two tech titans stretching over more than a decade, the Supreme Court held in a 6-2 opinion that Google’s copying of key portions of the Application Programming Interface (API) of Oracle’s Java SE...more

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Key Takeaways from Google’s Supreme Court Copyright Win Over Oracle

The Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling in Google v. Oracle ended a decade-long legal battle between the tech giants, finding that Google’s copying of over 11,000 lines of Oracle’s Sun Java application programming...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 7

Supreme Court Rules in Google’s Favor in Copyright Dispute with Oracle Over Android Software - After the Supreme Court's April 6 decision in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., 141 S.Ct. 1183 (2021), the computer software...more

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API Copying Now Fair Game in the Wake of Supreme Court’s Decision in Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc.

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The decade-long dispute between Google LLC and Oracle America Inc. has now ended with the Supreme Court ruling 6-2 in favor of Google. This dispute concerned Google’s use of Oracle’s “declaring code” – software that provides...more

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Battle Royale: Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.

The question of fair use has been the subject of many notable court decisions, including one recent one from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals holding that Warhol’s use in the artwork of Lynn Goldsmith’s photographs wasn’t...more

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Google v. Oracle: SCOTUS Sides with Google on Fair Use, But Is The Ruling Narrower Than It Seems?

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On April 5, 2021, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Google v. Oracle, ruling 6-2 in Google’s favor on the issue of fair use. So ends a decade-plus battle between two tech giants that many viewed as having the potential...more

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SCOTUS Says 'Fair Use' in Google v. Oracle Copyright Battle

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In a 6–2 decision authored by Justice Breyer, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s 2018 ruling that Google’s use of Oracle’s Java application programming interface...more

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Google v. Oracle – Copyright Infringement in Developing Technologies

On April 5, 2021, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Google, LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. in favor of Google by a 6-2 majority, with Barrett not participating. Oracle owns a copyright in Java, a popular...more

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Fair Use Shields Google In Its Copyright Battle With Oracle

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Finding Google’s copying a fair use, the Supreme Court ended Oracle’s decade-long attempt to recover copyright damages. The battle began between these tech giants when Google designed its Android software platform for mobile...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Ends Decade-Long Software Copyright Battle: Google Wins

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U.S. Supreme Court holds that Google's use of a small fraction of Oracle's Java SE API code for its Android platform is a fair use under copyright law. On April 5, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court ended a more than 10-year...more

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Landmark Fair Use Victory at the Supreme Court in Software Case

In a narrowly drawn, yet significant decision, the Supreme Court reversed the Federal Circuit and ruled that Google LLC’s (“Google”) copying of some of the Sun Java Application Programming Interface (API) declaring code was a...more

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Copying From a Copyrighted Computer Program May Be Fair Use to the Extent Needed to Promote Adoption of the Use of Accrued Talents...

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GOOGLE LLC V. ORACLE AMERICA, INC. Before the United States Supreme Court (Opinion by Justice Breyer) on Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Summary: Where use of...more

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The Supreme Court says that Google’s use of Oracle’s copyrighted software was fair use, reversing Federal Circuit

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On Monday, April 5, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Google in a dispute over Google’s use of Oracle’s copyrighted software in its Android platform, because the use was protected under the “fair use” doctrine....more

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Supreme Court Sides with Google in Copyright Case

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The Supreme Court’s ruling in Google v. Oracle has the potential to expand software developers’ freedom to build on existing products, while also limiting software copyright protections. On Monday, April 5, 2021, the...more

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Oracle v. Google: What Does The Supreme Court Decision Mean For Software Companies?

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After over 10 years of litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week in Oracle v. Google that Google’s use of 11,500 lines of Oracle’s code in its Android platform was a fair use. Borrowing the code made it easier...more

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United States Supreme Court Rules for Google in a Landmark Fair Use Decision

On April 5, 2021, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that could have profound implications in the software industry. It held 6-2 that Google’s copying of 11,500 lines of code from Oracle’s Java SE API in...more

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A Strike Against the Sandbox: Practical Results of Oracle v. Google

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If you want to make big money, offer something that people want, but no one else can offer. The Portuguese sourced spices in the Fifteenth Century. Rockefeller locked up East Coast oil distribution in the Nineteenth Century....more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.6.2021 | Top Story: Treasury Sec. Yellen Proposes Global Minimum Tax Rate for Multinational Businesses

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Back at it. Let’s get caught up . . . Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is calling for a global minimum tax rate on multinational corporations, a move aimed at helping “prevent companies based in other countries from having a...more

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All Is Fair In Google And Oracle: Supreme Court Says Google’s Copying Was Fair Use In Landmark Copyright Case

Was it fair for Google to copy 11,500 lines of Oracle’s copyrighted Java Application Programming Interface (API) simply to make it easier for programmers already familiar with Java to develop apps for Google’s Android...more

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Google v. Oracle: Fair Use and the Seventh Amendment

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On August 7, 2020, Google and Oracle submitted their final written arguments to the Supreme Court regarding their decade-long copyright battle over the source code animating the Android platform. Now, we focus on the second...more

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